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Nono, we demand its grown size be displayed in its current glory.
No need to be that mean. Now that the old a$$hole maintainer is gone, glibc will improve. Not all programs become bigger over time. Consider KDE 4, Qt 5, Java 9. They're all modularizing and optimizing stuff. Even LLVM is more optimized than old GCC. Systemd is very modular compared to monolithic old bash driven booting. Mir vs Xf86. Many things actually get better.
Not all programs become bigger over time. Consider KDE 4, Qt 5, Java 9. They're all modularizing and optimizing stuff. ... Many things actually get better.
I'd argue that modularity is not a savior from great size. Just as an example, Qt 5 actually includes a 3d engine, duplicating tens of thousands of lines, only to have worse functionality than any open-source 3d engine. Sure it's modular in its own lib, but Qt5 as a whole is huge.
Re Drepper: I hold the guy in great respect, and what he did with glibc was mostly very good.
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